WatchGuard Managed Detection and Response (MDR)
24/7 Detection and Response Without the Overhead.

Features:

WatchGuard MDR Gives You Powerful Features

WatchGuard’s Managed Detection and Response (MDR) service empowers your organization with 24/7 threat monitoring, expert analysis, and rapid incident response—all without the need for a costly in-house Security Operations Center (SOC). Our dedicated cybersecurity professionals work around the clock to detect and neutralize threats before they impact your operations, giving you the confidence to grow your business securely and efficiently. Whether you're looking to strengthen your compliance posture or simply gain peace of mind, WatchGuard MDR is your trusted partner in proactive protection.

24/7 Monitoring and Response

A global SOC investigates alerts, confirms real threats, and responds within minutes using automation and human expertise.

Proactive Threat Hunting

Analysts search for stealthy or emerging threats that security tools may miss, identifying indicators of compromise and preventing repeat incidents.

Immediate Threat Containment

Critical threats are isolated and stopped quickly so they can’t spread.

Rapid Onboarding and Simple Scalability

Get protected in hours and scale coverage easily across hybrid or multi-tool environments.

Unified Portal Visibility

A single WatchGuard managed services portal provides real-time insights, incident timelines, and proof-of-protection reports for compliance and cyber insurance needs.

Flexible Integration and Coverage

Works across WatchGuard and third-party tools, including Microsoft Defender, CrowdStrike, Okta, and leading firewalls, to meet you where you are without tool migration.

 

Technical Account Manager (TAM)

An expert who interprets SOC activity, delivers regular security reviews, and helps you demonstrate value to stakeholders.

 

Discover the Platform Advantage

WatchGuard MDR uses one platform for endpoint, identity, cloud, and network activity, so everything shows up in one place. The WatchGuard Platform makes deployment and operations easier while improving coverage across your threat surface. This reduces cost, lowers risk, and helps stop advanced attacks early.

Deployment:

The power of efficient prevention, hunting, detection, and response Prioritizing the combination of prevention and attack surface reduction and proactive detection and response is crucial for enhancing your customers’ cybersecurity posture. These security strategies are all interconnected. Prevention efforts aim to minimize incidents and associated costs, while detection and response address threats that slip through preventive measures, minimizing the time to detect and respond to them to reduce the overall security cost.

WatchGuard MDR maximizes automated threat prevention, detection, and response by utilizing WatchGuard EDR, EPDR, or Advanced EPDR and its managed services. The Zero-Trust Application Service autonomously minimizes the malware attack surface, enhancing security posture and enabling scalable detection and response. Skilled cybersecurity analysts leverage the Threat Hunting Service to investigate IoAs and weak signals, uncovering complex cyberattacks. The continuous Security Health checks in the service evaluate configuration and attack surface exposure. Our cybersecurity analysts provide guidelines to minimize endpoint attack surfaces, fortify security controls, fine-tune settings, and recommend timely patching.

By combining attack surface reduction, prevention, and effective detection and response strategies, WatchGuard EDR, EPDR, or Advanced EPDR and WatchGuard MDR empower MSPs with a robust cybersecurity framework.

Specifications:

MDR That Fits Your Tech Stack

Your security journey is unique – and our MDR meets you where you are. Choose from Core MDR for endpoint focused defense, Total MDR for full WatchGuard stack coverage, or Open MDR to extend detection and response to third-party endpoint, identity, and firewall technologies. Scale at your pace while staying protected.

Documentation:

Download the WatchGuard Managed Detection and Response (MDR) (.PDF)